The report examines the availability of statutory compensation schemes for survivors of human trafficking in 20 jurisdictions around the world. The focus of this report is on administrative statutory schemes managed by the state to provide financial compensation to victims of human trafficking. These statutory schemes may involve seeking money from the perpetrator or from a state funded scheme, and they may be specific to human trafficking crimes or general compensation schemes for all victims of crime.

With the support of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Blueprint for Free Speech produced an in-depth analysis of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA), the UK law designed to protect whistleblowers from retaliation in the workplace. The report outlines the key failings of the law and proposes 20 reforms to ensure that whistleblowers in the UK are protected and disclosures in the public interest are supported. Importantly, the study acts as a blueprint for countries looking to draft best practice legislation.

More than 30 million people worldwide work as fishers. Fishing is considered to be one of the most hazardous occupations in the world. How can we offer better legal protection for fishers? This report analyses the laws and regulations that impact fishers in Germany, Spain, the UK, EU-level, the US, Australia, Japan, China, Thailand, New Zealand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and South Africa.

The Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and DLA Piper prepared a brief that makes specific recommendations for the Paris Agreement, to encourage the adoption of policies that stimulate the private sector and make it a partner with governments in implementing ambitious climate action.

Sextortion – as termed by the International Association of Women Judges – is the abuse of power to obtain a sexual benefit or advantage. This report is a landscape study of legal and institutional frameworks for combating sextortion in nine jurisdictions: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Kenya, Mexico, Taiwan, Uganda and the United Kingdom.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation and Acid Survivors Trust International partnered to produce this publication on acid violence, one of the most brutal forms of violence with several thousand attacks across the world every year. This comparative study analyses data from Cambodia, Colombia, India and the United Kingdom in the hope that it will serve as an advocacy tool for any organisation/individual committed to supporting the cause of the victims of acid violence.

From Lima to Dhaka, governments in developing countries are struggling to cope with the population shift from rural to urban areas and the consequences of rapid urbanization. This report, in Spanish, focuses on the legal advancement of the right to adequate housing in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The report identifies the existence of legislation on the right to adequate housing and how governments have implemented it and how the courts have interpreted it.

This guide published for Vidya Sagar offers a comparative analysis of the laws governing disability and the implementation of the UNCRPD in eleven countries spanning five continents. This guide makes a notable contribution to our understanding of how different countries interpret and apply à¢â‚¬Ëœlegal capacityà¢â‚¬â„¢ of people with disabilities, and it highlights best practices that can guide advocacy efforts for legal reform.